Robert Zappulla, Department Chair; Fred W. Smith and Grace Hobson Smith Chair in Music
B.A., State University of New York, Stony Brook; M.A., M.M., Rutgers University; A.M., Duke University; Ph.D., Utrecht University
 Professor Zappulla is known primarily as a harpsichordist and scholar specializing in the field of historical performance practices. His book, Figured Bass Accompaniment in France, is a ground-breaking, comprehensive study of French accompaniment treatises produced during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, about which scholar David Ledbetter wrote (Early Music XXX/2), "...this book will take its place beside the works of Franck Thomas Arnold and Peter Williams...as a standard point of reference." He is editor of the music journal, Performance Practice Review, and consulting editor for Encyclopedia of the Harpsichord and Clavichord (2006). A former harpsichord pupil (as Fulbright Scholar) of Gustav Leonhardt, Robert Zappulla has appeared as soloist or continuist throughout North America and Europe, and he currently directs the early-music ensemble, Concordia Clarimontis, for which he also is harpsichordist (see "Early Music/Historical Performance Practice Faculty" below). He has played with many other local period instrumentalists and ensembles, including Con Gioia (in whose Centaur recording of J.S. Bach's concertos for one, three, and four harpsichords he performs in BWV 1063 and BWV 1065), the Angeles Consort, and the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra. For further information you are invited to download Professor Zappulla's current resume:
Download files of live, unedited recordings of Professor Zappulla's concerts at The Claremont Colleges:
Works by L. Couperin. Robert Zappulla, harpsichord. February 18, 2005
Works by Rameau. Concordia Clarimontis: Robert Zappulla, harpsichord and director; Janet Beazley, baroque flute; M. Anne Rardin, baroque violin; Shanon Zusman, viola da gamba. April 4, 2008
Works by Byrd. Robert Zappulla, harpsichord. March 1, 2011
Works by Marais, La Guerre, and Bach. Concordia Clarimontis: Robert Zappulla, harpsichord and director; M. Anne Rardin; baroque violin; Shanon Zusman, viola da gamba. May 3, 2011
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Professor Robert Zappulla
Music Department
School of Arts and Humanities
Claremont Graduate University
121 East Tenth Street
Claremont, CA 91711
Tel.: 909.621.8612
Fax: 909.607.3694
Email: Robert.Zappulla@cgu.edu
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